Harini (born 30 April 1979) is an Indian film playback singer and classical singer who sings in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films, working with many leading film composers.
She is married to another playback singer, Tippu.
Harini learnt Carnatic music from Gowri and Radha Viswanathan from the age of four.
She used to participate in school competitions and in one such competition which she won, A. R. Rahman who distributed the prizes invited the winners to his studio to record their voices.
Subsequently, she was called by Suhasini Maniratnam to sing "Nila Kaigirathu" for her first film Indira.
Her first song, "Nila Kaigirathu", was recorded at the age of 15.
Since then, she has received offers from various music directors across South India.
Within a career spanning a decade, she sang over 3500 songs four south Indian languages in which 35 devotional albums in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.
2012
Harini rendered a series of devotional songs in 2012 on Lord Amman, Ganesha, Perumal among others, titled Om Nava Sakthi Jaya Jaya Sakthi, Vindhaigal Purindhai Nee En Vazhville, and Uchi Pillaiyare Charanam along with ace singer P. Unni Krishnan.
The music was composed and produced by Manachanallur Giridharan.
Harini has been the recipient of several popular awards in the singing category.
